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There was no cadence, only silence, as 150 Army and Air Force cadets from Creighton and UNO marched into Memorial Park, gathered together to pay tribute to prisoners of war and those missing in action.

For Captain Daniel Fritz, it hit close to home. He lost his brother in Iraq.

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“My brother was captured and killed in 2007,” Fritz said.

Fritz was one of two guest speakers, reminding the cadets that they hold the responsibility to never forget.

During the ceremony, the students reflected on why they joined and why they joined the run. They made the trek together from Creighton’s campus to Memorial Park.

“It’s a very solemn experience, to go out there and run, you step off and it's completely silent. And you have the police lights out there. So it just lets you think about it for a second,” Dominik Maldonado, a cadet, said.

“I know a couple people who this has affected personally, so I’m here to support them and to remember everybody that has given the ultimate sacrifice to this country,” Timothy Arndt, a cadet, said.

“It’s very humbling. It’s great to know that we'll never forget, and the people that come after us will never forget us either,” Ethan Maas, a cadet, said.

It was a reminder those who don’t don the uniform to always remember those who do.

"We in the military are always out here fighting for you, it doesn’t matter what branch or if you’re active guard or reserve we're still out here,” Cecelia Kimes, a cadet, said.

With the run fresh in their minds, six new cadets signed their contracts to join the ROTC.

Colonel Sean Coveney also shared with cadets the work Offut Air Force Base is doing to identify remains of lost and unidentified military members. The works is being done by a military agency called the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Coveney said they’ve excavated remains from men and women dating back to World War II. To learn more about that work, click here.